24th January is the 2nd day of Chinese New Year and it's a day where the Chinese will visit their relatives and friends. The first day is normally reserved for family members.

It'll be pretty quiet in Kuala Lumpur during that time of the festival except for the shopping centres. If you are lucky, you may get to attend some open houses (where the chinese opens up their houses for friends) by the politicians or Chinese Associations.

Chinatown would be pretty busy but honestly many would travel back to their hometowns and the streets would normally be a hangout for foreign workers.

Hi anikwi
The lion dance will be buzy after CNY. They go from shops to shops performing the dance amongst the exploding fire crackers that are hung from ceiling. This is a popular event where locals and foreingers love to see. They dance on the street and enter a shop where there crackers start firing. At the end of the exploding fire crackers (near the celing) is the angpow, (money in a red envelope) This is the climax for the show, where the lion will leap up high to collect it. The proccess goes on to the next shop. Great!

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